Space Dogs

Sep 11 2020 N/A 1h 31m
Documentary

Laika, a stray dog, was the first living being to be sent into space and thus to a certain death. A legend says that she returned to Earth as a ghost and still roams the streets of Moscow alongside her free-drifting descendants. While shooting this film, the directors little by little realised that they knew the street dogs only as part of our human world; they have never looked at humans as a part of the dogs’ world.

Plot

Laika, a stray dog, was the first living being to be sent into space and thus to a certain death. According to a legend, she returned to Earth as a ghost and has roamed the streets of Moscow ever since. Following her trace, and filmed from a dog's perspective, SPACE DOGS accompanies the adventures of her descendants: two street dogs living in today's Moscow. Their story is one of intimate fellowship but also relentless brutality, and is interwoven with unseen archive material from the Soviet cosmic era. A magical tale of voyagers scouting for unknown spaces.

Written by

Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter

Directed by

Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter

Cast

Aleksey Serebryakov, Natalia Kuranova, Nadezhda Sobetskaya

Crew

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Production Countries

Germany, Austria

Production Companies

RAUMZEITFILM Produktion, IT WORKS! Medien, Vita Aktiva

Languages

Awards

11 wins & 20 nominations

Trailers
SPACE DOGS | Teaser | Trailer | a film by Elsa Kremser & Levin Peter (2019)
Scores
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513
Average Rating
6.2 out of 10
Metascore
53
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